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Manchester City slip up at Leicester as Liverpool, United and Spurs all record emphatic victories

Re-live all the action the Boxing Day Premier League 3pm fixtures

Nathan Jacobs
Wednesday 26 December 2018 10:39 EST
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Match Preview: Man United v Huddersfield

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Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham all recorded emphatic victories on Boxing Day, taking full advantage of Manchester City's second consecutive defeat as Pep Guardiola's side slumped to a 2-1 loss at Leicester City.

City looked to be cruising when Bernardo Silva put them ahead early on, but Marc Albrighton soon equalised and Ricardo Pereira stole the show with his late winner the inflicted back-to-back defeats on City, who also had Fabian Delph sent off late on for a bad challenge.

The defeat was all the more costly given that Liverpool thrashed Newcastle United 4-0 thanks to goals from Dejan Lovren, Mohamed Salah, Xherdan Shaqiri and Fabinho, while Tottenham's 5-0 thrashing of Bournemouth elevates them to second, with Son Heung-min scoring twice along with Christian Eriksen, Lucas Moura and Harry Kane.

United's resurgence under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer continued at Old Trafford as a Paul Pogba double, plus an early opener from Nemanja Matic, secured a 3-1 victory over Huddersfield, while Everton recovered from last weekend's mauling by Spurs with an emphatic 5-1 victory over Burnley, with Lucas Digne scoring twice while Yerry Minda scored his first goal for the club. The other 3pm match was the only one not to feature a goal as Crystal Palace were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Cardiff City. Re-live the action below.

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GOAL! Tottenham 2-0 Bournemouth (Son, 23) 

Ruthless from the Spurs and they're not going to let City and Liverpool get away from them. 

Sissoko with the fantastic defensive work to win the ball back and he feeds Walker-Peters who cuts inside and pokes it towards Son. 

He's 20 yards out and bends a lovely curler into the bottom corner. 

That's 9 goals in his lats 10 games. 

In form? Yep. 

Nathan Jacobs26 December 2018 15:25

GOAL! Manchester United 1-0 Huddersfield (Matic, 28) 

A corner was whipped in with a great deal of pace and it was flicked on by Lindelof but Lossl made the save. 

Sadly for the Terriers the ball fell back to Nemanja Matic who scored from a yard and a half out. 

A good start to his managerial career at United for Ole. 

Can they build on it?

Nathan Jacobs26 December 2018 15:29

GOAL! Tottenham 3-0 Bournemouth (Lucas, 35) 

​It's a third assist of the day for Kyle Walker-Peters who gets to the byline and he finds the right ball once again! 

Moura is on hand to finish from 10 yards away. 

Eddie Howe will be fuming as Spurs haven't even been that good, just incredibly ruthless. 

Nathan Jacobs26 December 2018 15:35

GOAL! Burnley 1-3 Everton (Gibson, 37)

Comeback on? 

I'm sure Sean Dyche would still be fuming with this first half but they have fought their way to get a goal from a corner, Everton's achilles heel. 

Tarkowski rises at the far post and his header is cleared off the line by Michael Keane but Gibson is the fastest to react and prod the ball back over the line. 

Lifeline. 

Nathan Jacobs26 December 2018 15:39

HALF TIME SCORES: 

Burnley 1-3 Everton 

Crystal Palace 0-0 Cardiff 

Leicester City 1-1 Manchester City 

Liverpool 1-0 Newcastle 

Manchester United 1-0 Huddersfield 

Tottenham 3-0 Bournemouth 

Liverpool are currently going six points clear at the top of the table... 

Nathan Jacobs26 December 2018 15:51

47mins: Penalty to Liverpool! 

Dummett with a silly foul. It might be a bit soft but Liverpool have the chance to double their lead...

Nathan Jacobs26 December 2018 16:04

GOAL! Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle (Salah, 47 pen) 

And Salah has put it away. Comfortable lead for the Reds, now. 

Nathan Jacobs26 December 2018 16:05

GOAL! Manchester United 2-0 Huddersfield (Pogba, 64) 

Good football from United extends their lead this afternoon despite Huddersfield creating some good chances of their own. 

And it's the man who was much maligned under Jose Mourinho who has given United the breathing space as good play between the Spaniards, Juan Mata and Ander Herrera set up the Frenchman to give the Red Devils a two-goal cushion. 

Nathan Jacobs26 December 2018 16:22

Tottenham 4-0 Bournemouth (Kane, 60)

Harry Kane will have been disappointed to see everyone scoring around him but not managing one himself!

He has now, though and Spurs move further in front. 

Eriksen plops a marvellous ball over the top for Kane to run on to and he obliges. 

The angle is tight but he manages to take it first time and slide it into the far corner, beyond Begovic. 

Ruthless Spurs. 10 goals in 2 games. 

Nathan Jacobs26 December 2018 16:24

GOAL! Burnley 1-4 Everton (Digne, 71) 

It's another fantastic strike from Lucas Digne as he is set up 30 yards from goal by Bernard who gets a second assist. 

The left back unleashes a wild drive that arrows into the bottom corner and surely, that's all three points. 

What a goal! 

Nathan Jacobs26 December 2018 16:33

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